Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography

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The first English-language volume about Hippolyte Bayard, one of the inventors of photography who helped transform the burgeoning medium into an art form. Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography explores the life and contributions of Hippolyte Bayard (1801–1887), often characterised as an underdog in the... Read More

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Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography

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The first English-language volume about Hippolyte Bayard, one of the inventors of photography who helped transform the burgeoning medium into an art form.

This is the first English-language volume on Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1877), one of the inventors of photography. He was a pioneer in artistic style, innovator in terms of practice, and teacher of the next generation. This volume explores his career as well as presents some of the earliest photographs in existence.

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The first English-language volume about Hippolyte Bayard, one of the inventors of photography who helped transform the burgeoning medium into an art form.

Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography explores the life and contributions of Hippolyte Bayard (1801–1887), often characterised as an underdog in the early history of photography. From the outset, his contribution to the invention of the medium was eclipsed by others such as Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851) and William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877). However, Bayard had an undeniable role in the birth of photography and its subsequent evolution into a form of art. He was a pioneer in artistic style, an innovator in terms of practice, and a teacher of the next generation of photographers.

Alongside an exploration of Bayard's decades-long career and lasting impact, this volume presents—for the first time in print—some of the earliest photographs in existence. An album containing nearly 200 images, 145 of those by or attributed to Bayard, is among the Getty Museum's rarest and most treasured photographic holdings. Few prints have ever been seen in person due to the extreme light sensitivity of Bayard's experimental processes, making this an essential reference for scholars and enthusiasts of the very beginning of photography.

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Centre from April 9 to July 7, 2024.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781606068939

Publisher: Getty Trust Publications

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 May 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum

Illustration: 288 color illustrations

Contributors:

Contributions by Eleonore Challine
Contributions by Anne de Mondenard
Edited by Karen Hellman
Edited by Carolyn Peter
Contributions by Paul-Louis Roubert
Contributions by Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Contributions by Jillian Lerner
Contributions by Art Kaplan
Contributions by Nancy B Keeler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Karen Hellman is former associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Her work focuses on the early history of photography, primarily in Europe. Carolyn Peter is curatorial assistant curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.